Exam 16: Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Jacob has begun to understand that the language he uses when he hangs out with his friends and the language he uses when he is at work has to be different.Jacob is gaining an understanding of _____.

A student with high self-efficacy would be expected to do all of the following EXCEPT _____.

According to Fowlers theory of faith development,most adolescents are in the stage of conventional faith.

When getting ready for school in the morning,Roberto spends a great deal of time choosing his clothes and fixing his hair.He is very concerned about fitting in with the other kids at school.His great concern with his appearance suggests that Roberto is dealing with _____.

According to Elkind,adolescents find fault with their parents because _____.

Dinnertime conversations at the Watts' house have not been peaceful since Bryden turned 15.Which of the following reflects Bryden's desire to try out,and show off,his newfound formal reasoning abilities?

Which of the following factors influences school achievement?

The Archers are looking at different high schools for their daughter Kendra.Good high schools have all but which of the following characteristics?

Which of the following statements regarding gender differences in the sciences is FALSE?

Which of the following is NOT a problem with Piaget's conception of formal operations?

Jennifer recognizes that AIDS is a serious health risk,yet she sometimes engages in unprotected sex.She believes that bad things can happen to others but will never happen to her.Jennifer is exhibiting which of the following phenomena?

In a study examining students' perceived self-efficacy and their social studies grades,high self-efficacy was related to the grade _____.

According to Elkind,in formal operations,adolescents gain new cognitive abilities but they are unsure how to use them.

When 13-year-old Andre comes out of the locker room in his gym shorts,he hears some girls laughing nearby and assumes they are laughing at the way his legs look.According to Elkind,Andre's thinking reflects the operation of _____.

Ian,a high school junior,is studying day and night in the hope of being admitted to the prestigious university from which his mother graduated.When his friends ask him why he works so hard,Ian responds,"I'd just as soon go to a community college,but it will make my mother really happy if I go to her school." Ian is demonstrating _____ moral reasoning.

The factors that promote active engagement in school include all the following EXCEPT _____.

Which of the following is the most likely explanation for why students drop out of high school?

Research suggests that,in the majority culture,children of authoritative parents _____ than children raised by authoritarian or permissive parents.

Diane disagrees with the government's rules on voter registration.She realizes that the law is written with good intentions,but she disagrees with it and is working to get it changed.Diane falls within Kohlberg's __________ stage of moral development.

Carol Gilligan has criticized Kohlberg's description of moral development because his theory _____.